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Paramore just recently broke into the scene and have become very well known in a very short amount of time. Led by 16 year old vocalist Hayley Williams, the band also features guitarist Josh Farro, drummer Zac Farro, and rhythm guitarist Jason Bynum, the band crafts catchy pop-rock songs much in the vein of other female-fronted bands in the scene, like Cruiserweight, JinXed, and Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer.

The album starts with "All We Know", a catchy (but straightforward, systemaic) power-pop song. "Pressure" has the surefire sound of a ready for MTV single, and will definitely have a lot of kids heads bobbing at Warped this month. "Emergency" and "Brighter" both show that you don't have to be the most skilled musicians in the world to make good rock songs.

"Here We Go Again" demonstrates that not all of Paramore is just vocals and catchy choruses. Farro's guitar in this song is impressive and incredibly catchy, showing that this band will probably be hanging around the scene for awhile. "Let This Go" is a welcome change of pace to the album, and the melody kind of reminds me of "The War" by Melee, though LOOSELY. The song starts slow and then builds into a great chorus as Williams sings "Please don't get me wrong, because i'll never let this go, but I can't find the words to tell you I don't wanna be alone", and then it's right back to the soft guitars and drums. Definitely one of the better tracks on the album.

"Whoa" has the most simplistic lyrics of any song on the album, but it'll definitely be fun to dance along to at shows. "Consipracy" and "Franklin" also have basic lyrics, with the first being about someone losing power in a relationship, and the next being about going back to your hometown after awhile and everything being different. The songs aren't going to win any awards from "lyric-lovers", but they are, as most of the album has been, catchy. These few songs show the age of the band the most, but i'm sure as they grow their lyrics will grow with them.

The closer, "My Heart", reminds me a lot of "Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape" by Underoath, because the song starts slow, seems to be another basic song just like the last two, but at the end one of the guys in the band (I think), adds some screams and it really makes for a pumped up ending to the album.

The main problem I have with this disc is that most of the songs sound the same, which i've noticed consistently on several albums released by Paramore's label Fueled By Ramen. I think, however, if you give this band a couple years, they have a chance to be real heavyweights in the emo/pop-rock scene, and will be selling out large venues soon...plus it never hurts to have a HOTT lead singer.

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